Melbourne, March 29 Steve Smith is not “temperamentally sound enough” to lead Australia, says former spinner Kerry O’Keeffe, who feels the skipper over-reacted too often during the lost Test series against India. Australia lost the series 2-1 and Smith apologised for letting his “emotions falter” several times during the four-matchRead More

Melbourne, March 29 Australian media on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on Virat Kohli, labelling the India captain as “classless” and “egomaniac” following his no-longer-friends comment at the end of a spiteful Test series. Australian newspapers came hard on Kohli for declaring that he no longer considers Australian players asRead More

New Delhi, March 29 With 405 runs at a healthy average of 57.85, Cheteshwar Pujara emerged as the best Indian batsman in the just-concluded Test series against Australia while Ravindra Jadeja was hands down winner among the bowlers with 25 scalps. Pujara’s tally was next only to top scorer inRead More

Yangon,  A last-minute strike by Sunil Chhetri helped India break a 64-year-old jinx as they pipped Myanmar by a solitary goal to begin their AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers campaign on a promising note here today. India had not beaten Myanmar in their own den since October 1953 when they wonRead More

Washington, March 29 Keeping up his campaign promise, US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to roll back his predecessor Barack Obama’s climate change measures, a move slammed as “irresponsible” and “spiteful assault” by the Opposition and environmental groups. “With today’s executive action, I am taking historic stepsRead More

London, March 29 The countdown to Britain’s exit from the European Union begins on Wednesday as the UK’s ambassador to the economic bloc delivers Theresa May’s letter to the European Council in Brussels, announcing the country’s intention to initiate a two-year negotiation process for its departure. The formal notification toRead More

Kinshasa, March 29 Two foreign UN contractors who were kidnapped in DR Congo have been found dead, one of them decapitated, the government has said, as spiralling violence in the vast country sparked international condemnation. The bodies of American Michael Sharp and Swedish national Zaida Catalan were found as theRead More

Honolulu, March 29 A federal judge in Hawaii is hearing arguments on whether to extend his temporary order blocking President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban. A hearing in Honolulu is set for Wednesday. But even if US District Judge Derrick Watson doesn’t put the ban on hold until the state’sRead More

Los Angeles, March 29 A California man who prosecutors say led a gang of burglars in a decade-long string of Hollywood-style bank robberies, rappelling through roofs in matching outfits and carrying walkie-talkies, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. Alceu Johnny Andreis, who was already serving 51 months behindRead More

DEAD SEA (Jordan)/AMMAN, March 29 Arab leaders reaffirmed on Wednesday their commitment to a two-state solution to the decades-long Arab-Israeli conflict amid increased unease over the stance of the United States under the new administration of President Donald Trump. Trump rattled Arab and European leaders in February by indicating heRead More